British Museum Puts Four Million Objects Online
The British Museum today launches a major revamp of its online collection database, allowing over 4 million objects to be seen by people anywhere in the world.
28 April 2020
British Museum
Piranesi Drawings – Neoclassical Visions – Edward Lucie-Smith
This handsome soft-cover catalogue published by Thames & Hudson for the British Museum was intended to commemorate an exhibition that hasn’t in fact taken place, due to the coronavirus.
9 April 2020
Edmund de Waal Books Thousands of Books British Museum – Marina Vaizey
Books written in exile by the exiled. It is this phenomenon, the triumph of the human spirit in dire circumstances, that is the focus of a gesamtkunstwerk, a complete work of art, by Edmund de Waal which may be viewed at the British Museum when it reopens
26 March 2020
Edmund de Waal: library of exile
Closed until further notice
Created as a ‘space to sit and read and be’, library of exile is an installation by British artist and writer, Edmund de Waal, housing more than 2,000 books in translation, written by exiled authors.
Daily: 10.00–17.30 Fridays: 10.00–20.30
Ten UK Exhibitions You Should Have Seen In 2019 – Edward Lucie-Smith
From a critic’s point of view, It is pretty difficult, to sum up, the year 2019. It was, for example, a year when greater and greater emphasis was placed on doing full justice to women artists.
18 December 2019
Inspired by the east: how the Islamic world influenced western art
Charting the fascinating history of cultural and artistic interactions between East and West, this exhibition explores the impact the Islamic world has had on Western art for centuries.
Daily 10:00 - 17:30
Portrait of the artist Käthe Kollwitz
This show celebrates the humanity and enduring impact of one of the most influential 20th-century printmakers – Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945).
Daily 10:00 - 17:30
Troy: myth and reality
The legend of Troy has endured for more than 3,000 years. Explore the breath-taking art that brings the captivation characters to life, from dramatic ancient sculptures and exquisite vase paintings to powerful contemporary works.
daily 10.00–17.30
British Museum Acquires Dante Gabriel Rossetti Painting Belonging To William Morris
The British Museum has acquired an important painting by the English painter, poet and Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood founder, Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882).
3 September 2019
Manga: Masterpieces Of Narrative Art – British Museum – Edward Lucie-Smith
It is bold of the British Museum to embark on an exhibition of Japanese Manga in their most significant and grandest temporary exhibition space – the one right at the back of the building, on the ground floor.
26 May 2019
Edmund de Waal Venice Installation Confirmed For British Museum
Edmund de Waal is to exhibit his profoundly beautiful Venice Biennale collateral work, ‘Psalm’, Library of Exile, at the British Museum in London in 2020. The work will also be presented at the Japanisches Palais in Dresden from November 2019 to February 2020.
21 May 2019
Edvard Munch: Ibsenian Imagery And Isolation – Edward Lucie-Smith
A new exhibition of work by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch now at the British Museum claims to be the biggest ever devoted to his work here in Britain.
11 April 2019
Tate Modern Tops Visitor Attraction List For First Time
The public has chosen Tate Modern over the British Museum for the first time since records began. The UK’s most popular visitor attractions’ list published yesterday has shown for the first time in a decade Tate Modern is the clear winner.
27 March 2019
Manga
Enter a graphic world where art and storytelling collide in the largest exhibition of manga ever to take place outside of Japan.
open daily 10.00–17.30 Fridays: open until 20.30
Edvard Munch: love and angst
Discover more about Edvard Munch, the pioneering, subversive artist as the British Museum lifts the veil on his life and works in the largest show of his prints in the UK for 45 years.
open daily 10.00–17.30 Fridays: open until 20.30
Edvard Munch Printmaking Explored In New British Museum Exhibition
The British Museum will be presenting a major new exhibition of printmaking by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (1863-1944).
8 January 2019
Ashurbanipal – Assyrian King of the World – British Museum – Edward Lucie-Smith
Ashurbanipal
12 November 2018
I am Ashurbanipal king of the world, king of Assyria
This major exhibition tells the story of Ashurbanipal through the British Museum’s unparalleled collection of Assyrian treasures and rare loans.
daily 10.00–17.30 Fridays: open until 20.30
I object: Ian Hislop’s search for dissent
The museum has invited Private Eye Editor Ian Hislop to have a rummage around in the stores and hand-pick a range of intriguing objects that explore the idea of dissent, subversion and satire.
10.00–17.30 Fridays: open until 20.30*
Rodin – Ancient Greece And A Third Uninvited Presence – Edward Lucie-Smith
The longer I spent in the British Museum’s admirable new blockbuster show, Rodin and the art of ancient Greece, the more keenly I seemed to feel the presence of a third, uninvited presence
26 April 2018
New Asian Art Gallery At British Museum A Let Down – Edward Lucie-Smith
The new galleries of Asian art at the British Museum, named after benefactor Sir Joseph Hotung and numbered 33 on the museum’s floor plan, ought to mark a big step forward in the B.M’s engagement with historic Asian cultures. The sad fact is that for various reasons, they don’t.
22 December 2017
Scythian Gold Sinister Riches British Museum By Edward Lucie-Smith
The British Museum’s new exhibition, Scythians: Warriors of Ancient Siberia, marks another triumph for the B.M’s policy of allying itself to Russian institutions.
17 September 2017
HOKUSAI A Most Influential Alien By Edward Lucie-Smith
Until the Modern epoch, and indeed right up to the present day, Hokusai was by far the most influential non-European artist to impact European art.
30 May 2017
Hokusai beyond the Great Wave
Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) is widely regarded as one of Japan’s most famous and influential artists. The exhibition will include prints, paintings and illustrated books, many of which are on loan from Japan, Europe and the USA. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see these extraordinary works together.
open daily 10.00–17.30 Fridays: open until 20.30 closed 3-6 July 2017
Clumsy Agency Waiter Breaks Priceless Roman Statue At British Museum
A clumsy agency waiter from an external hire company working at a party at the British Museum has broken a priceless Roman sculpture.
27 October 2016
British Museum Sculpture In Easter Island Restitution Bid
The British Museum is again the focus of an international campaign calling for the return of a sacred object. Chilean… Read More
12 August 2016
Maggi Hambling Works On Paper Exhibition Announced For British Museum
A new show of works on paper by Maggi Hambling has been announced by the British Museum. Working across all media, in painting,… Read More
11 August 2016
British Museum Celebrates 2016 As Most Successful Year Ever
The British Museum has released their Annual Review for 2016 revealing thatit was the Museum’s most successful year ever with nearly 6.9 million… Read More
4 July 2016
Activists Target British Museum’s Links With Oil Giant BP
Anti BP Oil Activists staged a demonstration inside London’s leading museum yesterday in protest of the institutions continuing sponsorship with… Read More
4 April 2016
Tate Modern Losing Visitors As Figures Drop To Ten Year Low
Tate Modern and The Southbank Centre both suffered large falls in visitor numbers in 2015 with 18% and 19% drops respectively. Tate Modern’s… Read More
7 March 2016
British Museum Pictorial Conservation Studio Receives Generous Donation
London’s British Museum has announced a generous gift that will be be focused on the world famous Pictorial Conservation Studio… Read More
16 January 2016
Artists Pledge Not To Accept Sponsorship Money From Oil Companies
Over 200 artists and arts organisations pledged not to accept sponsorship money from oil companies. The signatories include fourth plinth… Read More
28 September 2015